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• Memo may slow Senate vote on spy chief nomination (AP)
• Holloway suspect targeted in sting, not arrested (AP)
• Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way (AP)
• Obama calls for new approach on Gaza blockade (AP)
• GOP bad dream: Birther on ticket (Politico)
• US pushes Europe to provide more war advisers (AP)
• Clinton to Colombia: We will stand with you (AP)
• Lincoln victory boosts measure opposed by banks (AP)
• Delays in anti-pilot fatigue rules criticized (AP)
• Capturing more oil in Gulf raises more questions (AP)
• Bankers group says Giannoulias wasn't on its board (AP)
• Unions defend failed gambit to topple Lincoln (AP)
• Fiorina's test will be to attract moderate voters (AP)
• Partial results point to deadlock in Dutch election (AFP)
• Lincoln prepares move to center after bruising win (AP)
• Obama congratulates new Philippine president (AP)
• Schwarzenegger: More states should open primaries (AP)
• Obama writing foreword for Nelson Mandela's book (AP)
• Clinton talks trade, rights with Colombian candidates (Reuters)
• Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge (AP)

Memo may slow Senate vote on spy chief nomination (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:30 PM PDT AP - The disclosure of a memo in which President Barack Obama's nominee for national intelligence director questions whether that position should have new powers threatens to derail the speedy confirmation the president seeks.

Holloway suspect targeted in sting, not arrested (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:27 PM PDT AP - The FBI thought it was closing in on Joran Van der Sloot in the notorious Natalee Holloway missing-teenager case, and he was videotaped and paid $25,000 in a sting operation. But when the agency delayed his arrest to help build a criminal case, he took the money and headed for Peru, where authorities say he now has confessed to killing a different young woman.

Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - It's looking like a new "year of the woman" in politics. Eighteen years after a few glass ceilings were broken, hundreds of female candidates have set their sights on Congress, governorships and state legislatures, and a significant number racked up big wins in Tuesday's primaries. Republican women, in particular, served notice to the old boys of the party.

Obama calls for new approach on Gaza blockade (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for sharply limiting Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip in the wake of the botched Israeli naval raid that's straining U.S. and Israeli relations with allies around the world, and the White House announced a $400 million aid package for Gaza and the West Bank.

GOP bad dream: Birther on ticket (Politico) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:53 PM PDT Politico - California Republicans optimistic about their prospects in November could find themselves with a bit of a problem after the votes are counted in Tuesday’s primaries — a statewide ticket with the so-called “Birther Queen” as one of their candidates.

US pushes Europe to provide more war advisers (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:29 PM PDT AP - The United States will press its NATO allies Thursday to send additional advisers to train Afghan military forces, as several countries promised after refusing to supply more combat troops.

Clinton to Colombia: We will stand with you (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the Obama administration will continue to support Colombia as it heads for a leadership change amid tensions with neighboring Venezuela.

Lincoln victory boosts measure opposed by banks (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT AP - Sen. Blanche Lincoln's surprise primary election victory in Arkansas means, ironically, that legislation to rein in Wall Street could end up being more to the liking of liberals who opposed her.

Delays in anti-pilot fatigue rules criticized (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Lawmakers demanded Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood write new rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue, as he promised to do last year after an airline crash near Buffalo, N.Y., killed 50 people.

Capturing more oil in Gulf raises more questions (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 02:51 PM PDT AP - The latest announcement on how much oil is being captured from the gushing BP oil well raised additional doubts Wednesday about the validity of government estimates on how much crude actually has been spewing into Gulf waters.

Bankers group says Giannoulias wasn't on its board (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:44 PM PDT AP - A banking group says a candidate for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat didn't serve on its board of directors like he's claimed on his campaign website.

Unions defend failed gambit to topple Lincoln (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:38 PM PDT AP - Unapologetic union officials on Wednesday defended their decision to spend an estimated $10 million on a high-stakes gambit that failed when Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln narrowly defeated labor's hand-picked candidate in a primary runoff.

Fiorina's test will be to attract moderate voters (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:34 PM PDT AP - There was no deterring Carly Fiorina from winning over the Republican base during the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.

Partial results point to deadlock in Dutch election (AFP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AFP - The Netherlands' main liberal and left-wing parties remained deadlocked after a general election that left anti-immigrant leader Geert Wilders the big winner, a partial count showed Thursday.

Lincoln prepares move to center after bruising win (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln prepared a return to the political center Wednesday as she began a general election campaign for a third term, a day after fending off a challenge from the left in the Democratic runoff for her seat.

Obama congratulates new Philippine president (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has congratulated Benigno Aquino III on becoming the newest president of the Philippines.

Schwarzenegger: More states should open primaries (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger commended California voters Wednesday for dumping the state's partisan primary system and predicted fed-up voters would follow in other states.

Obama writing foreword for Nelson Mandela's book (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - From one Nobel winner to another: President Barack Obama is writing a foreword to Nelson Mandela's new book.

Clinton talks trade, rights with Colombian candidates (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Colombia's top presidential candidate on Wednesday that strong ties would continue but they also discussed human rights, a delayed trade pact and tensions with Venezuela.

Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - A day after an unemployed veteran charged with a felony shocked South Carolina's Democratic establishment by winning the U.S. Senate primary, party officials were still scratching their heads: What happened?

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